Milwaukee police nab suspected cell phone thief

A 16-year-old Milwaukee boy is accused of stealing a cell phone from a woman who was on a Milwaukee County Transit bus, Milwaukee police said Friday.

A 23-year-old Milwaukee woman was sitting inside a bus that was stopped in the 7400 block of W. Hampton Ave. about 2:40 p.m. Thursday when a teen grabbed her phone and ran off the bus, according to police news release.

Officers from the Milwaukee Police Department's Neighborhood Task Force on patrol in the area saw the suspect run into the street and arrested him in the 7300 block of W. Hampton Ave. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office will review the case in the coming days, police said.